Why should I use locales ever again? This behaviour is not just hateful; it
is outright terrifying.
Locales are very useful. They make internalization of large software systems a
snap.
For example, I once saw a hieroglyphic error message from what looked like
perror (it read something like "my/path: ^&@^#@($^", under circumstances
suggesting the translation "my/path: Is a directory"). An inquiry lead to the
conclusion that I've unintentionally asked for a "Japanese" session at the KDE
login dialog, playing with the menu before logging in.
OK, so the other zillion strings remained in English. Still, it must feel much
better for Japanese people to see:
> hairy_program
opening x...
doing y...
z: Is a directory
Translated to their mother toungue:
> hairy_program
opening x...
doing y...
z: ^&@^#@($^
Locales are very useful indeed.
